With the strongest urge to respond to the need of quality education at an affordable cost for the people of the North Eastern Region of India, down town Charity Trust established a multi-disciplinary university in the year 2010. The first of its kind, built with modern ideas and methods, Assam down town University is located at Panikhaiti, Chandrapur in the city of Guwahati, 12 km away from Dispur, capital of the state, Assam.

Assam down town University (AdtU) is one of the leading universities of North East India, offering its students an unique amalgamation of professional and academic excellence. AdtU has coupled the experience of top industry leaders and renowned academicians to foster among the students a worldly approach towards life and its challenges. Being the largest educational group in Assam, AdtU has more than 8000 students and over 250 faculty members. Set up on an 80-acre land, spread over the hills of Panikhaiti, Guwahati , the infrastructure of the university is considered state-of-the-art.

Our area of excellence ranges from Sciences, Engineering, Allied health science, Management, Social sciences, Humanities and Nursing to Pharmacy. The unique, inspirational academic model is designed to match the international standards and continuously upgraded to keep pace with the overall development of the educational industry and in-line with the best practices followed in international universities.

With students coming from various parts of India as well as from abroad, AdtU is fast growing into a centre of ethnical and cultural diversity. A continuous emphasis on modern teaching methods, global links for research, students exchange programs, world class infrastructure, assured placement, diversity of students and industry-institute interactions have consistently placed AdtU students well ahead in every field. This dedication to academic excellence has resulted in numerous accolades for the university. Today AdtU is one of the most preferred, highly recognized and top ranked university in North East states.

down town Charity Trust had applied to the Assam Government for granting University Status to its education programmes in Panikhaiti in early 2009. As per the provisions of the Assam Private Universities Act.2007, the Trust has successfully achieved a University Status for the educational project at its Panikhaiti Campus, vide Assam Gazette No.LGL.9/2010/11 Dated 29 April 2010, making it the second Private University in the state of Assam.